Do you like tracks with 4" lane spacing?
4" lane spacing
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, Feb 17 2025 12:05 AM
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Posted 17 February 2025 - 05:37 AM
Began to hate them at mid 70s...We had one and with wing cars...
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Posted 17 February 2025 - 10:19 AM
Yes.
I've raced on a Gerding King where the spacing was so wide (4.75", IIRC, could have been 5"), it was impossible to put your car on purple or black from behind the driver's panel.
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Posted 17 February 2025 - 11:01 AM
Old school, 3'' wide cars on 4'' lane spacing 
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Posted 17 February 2025 - 11:40 AM
We had a lot of tracks in our shop raceway that had 4" lane spacing. Since we didn't race wing cars, nobody complained. And easy to marshal because only 37" wide.
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Posted 17 February 2025 - 11:55 AM
4" lane spacing with 4.5" nascars worked very well, esp on a tri-oval track.
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Posted 17 February 2025 - 11:57 AM
Old school, 3'' wide cars on 4'' lane spacing
This spacing teaches skills the wider spacing ignores. LOL.....
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Posted 17 February 2025 - 04:24 PM
Dont like 4" lane spacing
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Posted 17 February 2025 - 06:16 PM
What was the spacing on the olde American tracks? We used to race Gp 20 wing cars on an olde Orange and they did ok. Are most of the new tracks 4 1/2"? I have a large track in storage with 4 1/2" and it seems a long reach to get to the back lanes.
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Posted 17 February 2025 - 06:32 PM
If I'm not mistaken the original American King had 4 inch lane spacing was real interesting watching 2 F1's go through the bank, side by side.
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Posted 18 February 2025 - 10:14 AM
All our tracks were custom built to order. Here are the lane spacings and width of tracks we used:
4"-37"
4.125"-38"
4.25"-39"
4.375"-40"
Later on we added an inch in width to our King tracks for some extra gutter space. Brian Crosby might have built some with 4.5" spacing but I never did.
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Posted 18 February 2025 - 11:08 AM
Some time ago I wanted to find out when the rules changed from 3'' to 3-1/4'' max at the rear tires.
With Nicky's help we found the answer, this and wings is why the tracks were made wider IMO.
Anybody else out there know when the rules changed?
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Posted 18 February 2025 - 11:10 AM
If I'm not mistaken the original American King had 4 inch lane spacing...
All of the AMCR tracks had 4" lane spacing.
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Posted 18 February 2025 - 12:29 PM
4" works for me.
One, you can reach all the way across an 8 lane track.
Two, learn how to pass and be passed safely.
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Posted 18 February 2025 - 12:35 PM
4" works for me.
One, you can reach all the way across an 8 lane track.
Two, learn how to pass and be passed safely.
...or the art of nerfing when someone's in the way.
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